The Exeter Board of Canvassers will decide this week on a date for a recall election of four of the town’s five councilors. The recall was forced by gun rights advocates who opposed the council’s vote to transfer concealed weapons permits applications from the town clerk to the attorney general’s office. Both sides anticipate an old-fashioned grassroots campaign.

Exeter town council president Arlene Hicks says she’ll fight for her job the way she got it in the first place – by knocking on doors and sending out mailers.